The heartbroken mum of a 20-year-old man stabbed to death by a stranger has spoken of her pain after his killer was jailed.
Dylan Keelan was murdered by Klayton Skelly, 18, during a fight outside the Premier Dreams convenience store, in Dukinfield, on February 4. Tragically, Dylan's mum Nicola Wardle first heard about his death while scrolling through Facebook that night.
Paying tribute to Dylan shortly after his death, Nicola described him as a "nice chirpy, cheery lad with a big smile and blue eyes", who would "do anything for anybody". Almost nine months on, Nicola read a moving victim impact statement to Minshull Street Crown Court before Skelly, of Sylvester Way, Hyde, was sentenced to serve a minimum of 17 years in prison.
